Domestic garbage-burner.



No. 704,359. Patented July 8, I902.

F. E. MBGURBIN.

DOMESTIC GARBAGE BURNER.

[Application filed Sept. 12, 1901,)

(No Model.)

Sammie-a WASHINGYON n c UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK E. MCGURRIN, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

Domes-r10 GARBAG E-BU'RN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,359, dated July 8, 1902. Application filed September 12, 1901. Serial No. 75,215. (No model.)

To all it'll/07w it ntrty concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. .MOGURRIN,

a citizen of the'United States, residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake, State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in DomesticGarbage-Burners, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Myinven tion relates to garbage-burners for domestic use constructed to be interposed between and connected to sections of the smokepipe of an ordinary cook-stove, range, or other heater and comprising ahopper or receptacle adapted to receive garbage or kitchen refuse and arranged when in use in such position that the garbage or refuse contained therein will be subjected to the heat of the products of combustion escaping through the smokepipe until it is carbonized or incinerated. Such a garbage-burner is shown and described in United States patent to Charles E. Harris, No. 656,404, dated August 21, 1900. My invention is particularly designed as an improvement on the invention of this patent; and it consists in the construction hereinafter described and claimed by which the insertion of the garbage in the hopper and its removal I therefrom is facilitated and its complete carbonization or incineration is hastened.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view showing a-garbage-burner connected to a section of a stovepipe, the removable basket being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section of a burner embodying my invention, showing the hopper open. Fig. 3 is a view in vertical section showing-the device with the hopper closed. Fig. i is a perspective view of the removable basket, showing the slide raised.

A represents a casing or frame, preferably rectangular, having its top and bottom provided with collars a, adapted to fit into or over the ends of the Stovepipe-sections with which it is used. The top plate B is preferably made removable, as shown.

In the front of the casing A or in one side of the back, if preferred, an opening, preferably rectangular, is formed, and in this opening is mounted, preferably by hinging it at the lower edge, a hopper O.

In place of the hinged hopper a sliding drawer may be used. This hopper or drawer is of such size relative to the casing A that the products of combustion from the range or stove shall have free passage each side of and in rear of the hopper. The hopper is preferably provided at the side edges of its bottom with lateral projections E, adapted to engage the inner face of the casing A and limit the movement of the hopper, the parts being so located that when the hopper is in open position, as shown in Fig. 2, its front face rests approximately in horizontal position. An apron F is hinged to the inside of the front of the casing above the opening, so as to rest upon the upper edge of the hopper when it is within the casing, as shown in Fig. 3, and to close the portion not filled by the hopper when in open position, as shown in Fig. 2. The purpose of this apron F is to prevent escape of smoke when the hopper is in open position.

So far as above described the general con struction of the device is substantially the same as that shown and described in the patent to Harris above referred to. Instead, however, of forming the back and sides of the hopper solid, as in the patent, I prefer to cut away the central portions of the back and sides, as well as the bottom, making the hopper substantially a supporting-framework to.

support a removable garbage-basket G, preferably of wire-netting, the open sides, bottom, and back of the hopper permitting the products of combustion from the range or stove to have free access to the sides, bottom, and back of the removable basket. G is preferably open at the top and is provided with a bail H, by which it m ay be readily lifted to insert it in or withdraw it from the hopper. It is preferably constructed with a sliding door I at its back. This door when raised permits the lower portion of the contents of the basket, which is the portion most directly acted on by the products of combustion, and hence most completely carbonized, to be discharged, thus permitting the portion not yet acted on to face tothe bottom of the basket. The lower portion of the contents when carbonized may be discharged into the smoke-pipe without removing the basket, or the basket may be lifted out, the carbonized refuse discharged through the sliding door,

The basket and the basket returned to the hopper. The door I may, if preferred, be a hinged door. By thus making the garbage-receptacle removable I am enabled to use two or more receptacles, so that while one is in the hopperwith its contents undergoing the process of destruction another may be used to receive the scraps or other refuse as it collects, thus saving rehandling. The filled basket can be inserted in the hopper more quickly than can the hopper be filled with loose scraps or refuse and with less risk of spilling scraps or bits of refuse on the range or stove, as well as with less risk of burning the hands of the operator.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a domestic garbage-burner, the com bination of a casing having flue-openings, a movable hopper having openings in its walls located within the casing and a removable garbage-basket adapted to fit within the hopper; substantially as described.

2. In a domestic garbage-burner, the combination of a casing having fine-openings, a movable hopper having open back and sides and a removable garbage-basket adapted to fit within the hopper; substantially as described.

8. In a domestic garbage-burner, the combination of a casing having flue-openings, a movable hopper having openings in its walls located within the casing and a removable garbage-basket adapted to fit within the hopper and having an opening therein and means for closing the opening; substantially as described.

4. In a domestic garbage-burner, the combination of a casing having flue-openings, a movable hopper located within the casing and having open back and sides and a removable garbage-basket adapted to fit within the hopper and having an opening within and means for closing the opening; substantially as described.

5. In a domestic garbage-burner, the combination of a casing having fine-openings, a garbage-basket of wire-netting having an opening in'its back and means for closing the opening and means for removably sustaining the basket within the casing; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK E. MCGURRIN.

WVitnesses: v

CLARENCE E. RAYBOULD, J ENNIE EDWARDS. 

